Sept., 1907 



EDITORIALS 



163 



THE CONDOR 



An Illustrated Magazine 

 of "W^estern OrnitKology 



Published Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Ornithologi- 

 cal Club of CaliforniaL 



JOSEPH GRINNELL. Editor. - PzLS&denaL 



H. T. CLIFTON. Business Manager. Box 404. Pasadena 



WILLIAM L. FINLEY 

 JOSEPH MAILLIAR.D 



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AssociaLte Editors 



Pasadena, California: Published Sept. 20, 1907 



were comparatively small. His love of flowers 

 and Nature in general caused him to determine 

 upon the career of a florist. Without capital it 

 was impossible to enter any market which a 

 settled community might afford, hence if his 

 ambitions were to be fulfilled he must locate in 

 some district which had not yet passed the 

 pioneer stage. From timie to time he had 

 heard of Long Island, of its even and salubri- 

 ous climate, of its fertile soil, and its ideal 

 situation; and he instinctively felt that here, if 

 anywhere, he would be afforded a field pecu- 

 liarly well adapted to his enterprise. 



"When Mr. Childs settled at Floral Park he 

 had not the advantages of railway communica- 



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In our last issue we reviewed The Warbler, a 

 magazine of birds published at Floral Park, 

 New York. We now take the opportunity to 

 tell our readers something of the editor of that 

 magazine. It is relatively seldom that a man 

 of affairs, who has been successful in his busi- 

 ness undertakings and acquired wealth, enters 

 the field of natural history as a source of recre- 

 ation and enjoyment. Perhaps the nature of 

 Mr. Childs' business (seed and flower culture) 

 developed the tendency towards scientific 

 interests. Or, what was far more probable, an 

 inherent love of nature led naturally into that 

 line of business. His success as a florist is 

 almost too well, known to require mention here; 

 yet a brief history of the inception and growth 

 of the enterprise will doubtless interest our 

 readers. We take the liberty of quoting the 

 following from an article in the Long Island 

 Magazine: 



"A little over thirty-three years ago there 

 arrived at what is now universally known as 

 Floral Park, Long Island, but what was then 

 little more than a wilderness, a boy of eighteen 

 years of age, having none of this world's pos- 

 sessions, but endowed above his fellows with 

 ambition, determination and initiative. That 

 lad was John Lewis Childs. 



"Born on a farm near Jay, Maine, young 

 Childs early realized that the possibilities held 

 out by farm life in the New England States 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 



tion nor any of the other conveniences of 

 modern times. Undaunted by circumstances, 

 however, and in the face of every obstacle, he 

 entered upon what was destined to be his life- 

 work, constructing the first house in the dis- 

 trict and performing manual labor for some 

 time entirely unassisted. 



"How small a beginning this was will be 

 appreciated when it is learned that the proceeds 

 of his first year of effort amounted to less than 

 a hundred dollars. That was a small begin- 

 ning, but it did not discourage Mr. Childs, who 

 realized that if success were to be obtained at 



